Isolation of an English uukuvirus (family Bunyaviridae).

A virus of the Uukuniemi serogroup was isolated from various organs of a moribund kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) and from ticks (Ixodes uriae) that were feeding on the bird. The kittiwake was found on Marsden beach, north-east England. This is the first virus in the family Bunyaviridae to have been is...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eley, S. M., Nuttall, P. A.
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 1984
Subjects:
Research Article
Marsden
rissa tridactyla
Online Access:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2129428
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6501877
Description
Summary:A virus of the Uukuniemi serogroup was isolated from various organs of a moribund kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) and from ticks (Ixodes uriae) that were feeding on the bird. The kittiwake was found on Marsden beach, north-east England. This is the first virus in the family Bunyaviridae to have been isolated in England and only the second English arthropod-borne virus after louping ill virus, family Togaviridae (Smith & Varma, 1981). The possibility of infection of humans by uukuviruses is discussed.

Similar Items